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Let’s see, a kickass "Survivor" - unless you prefer "Ugly Betty" or "My Name Is Earl" and "Scrubs" - followed by the first "The Office" since Jim showed us the engagement ring, followed by "30 Rock" - unless you prefer "Grey’s Anatomy" or "CSI" - followed by the return of "Lost." All new for the launch of May sweeps! And that’s not even mentioning "Without a Trace" or "Smallville" and the return of "Supernatural." Scripted television is back, baybee! On a night like this, that strike seems a distant memory. But we have a few hours to kill first. So here are a couple things to read…

Roger Friedman says Jimmy Fallon will take over for Conan when Conan takes over for Jay. (Fox News)
TV Squad says he’s talking through his hat. (TV Squad)
Friedman, by the way, also has some "Weeds" dish that fans won’t want to hear, way down […]

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CBS today unveiled a no-frills list of premiere dates and episode counts for its shows returning after the strike. The plans are ambitious, especially for the comedies. "How I Met Your Mother," "Big Bang Theory" and "Two And A Half Men" (left) are all set to return on March 17, producing nine more episodes for the season. That’s going to call for a lot of extra Skittles in the writers’ room, I’d say. Another Monday show, "CSI Miami," is due back March 24 and expected to produce eight more hourlong episodes, which is, come to think of it, almost twice as much television as nine episodes of a sitcom.
Other shows’ return dates and episode counts: "Cold Case," March 30, five. "Criminal Minds" and "CSI: NY," April 2 and seven each. "CSI" and "Without A Trace," April 3 and six. "Ghost Whisperer" and "Numb3rs," April 4 and six. "NCIS," April 8 […]

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Only one new show tonight but a considerable amount of new attitude scattered around the schedule, and Sunday night’s Emmys could add some more for "Ugly Betty," "Grey’s Anatomy," "The Office" and others.
The new show is ABC’s "Big Shots," at 10, which delivered a very funny press conference from stars Michael Vartan, Dylan McDermott, Joshua Malina and Christopher Titus, and could be a ratings winner. They’re four reasonably powerful and successful guys, but the show follows mainly their romantic and domestic difficulties. It was at least unofficially called "Big Dicks" in the beginning, and seems intended to take a male-centric view of the world. But as it follows the guest-star-laden "Ugly Betty" at 8 and "Grey’s Anatomy" at 9, I think ABC is counting on a large number of women sticking with the network to eyeball Vartan and McDermott. Not a bad bet, actually, though I didn’t much like […]

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James Marsters, a favorite of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fans for his role as the hot-but-evil-then-not-evil vampire Spike, has been cast in a recurring role on the CBS missing-persons drama "Without A Trace."
According to his official web site, his character, Detective Mars, will be "Attractive in a real way, a bright, full-of-life personality, charming, possibly from around the Washington DC area, so could have a slight southern accent. Mars is a Police Detective who has started to investigate what seems to be a ring of Human Trafficking.  He has information our FBI team is interested in and comes to New York to speak to Vivian about what he knows.  Eventually he will become part of a task force to deal with Human Trafficking.  GUEST STAR, RECURRING ROLE. " No air date yet.
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